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Psych 160: Lecture 3

1/29/08

Culture o Self construal process perspective on cultures and self o Epistemology way one thinks o Values perspective Synthesis culture as an adaptation in evolution Science o Causality counter/verify correlations independent variable influencing dependent variables o Theory accuracy replicability parsimony simple power explain a lot of different phenomena Social Influence o Norbert Elias: The Civilizing Process civilizing process take on manners of other people studied etiquette manuals French court society civilized to counter commoners o Fashion influence of fashion moguls o Contagious women with menstrual cycles laughter in Australia o Conformity shift behavior/feeling/thoughts because of another person o Compliance explicit request for action o Autokinetic study by Sherif dummy conformity people change perception of reality influence changes the object of conformity autokinetic effect action of eyes allow eyes to perceive light on the wall as moving convergence in judgments when more people asked together Study 1: group of participants Study 2: individual of confidant Study 3: individual from study 2 a year later still remembers Study 4: social attitudes passed to next; gradually replaces old participants with new participants

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